Notice of 2010 National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program, 54590-54591 [2010-22243]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Albert P. Morgan, Section Leader,
Operational Support Section, Center for
Veterinary Biologics, Policy, Evaluation,
and Licensing, VS, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 148, Riverdale, MD 207371231; phone (301) 734-8245, fax (301)
734-4314.
For information regarding the
environmental assessment or the risk
analysis, or to request a copy of the
environmental assessment (as well as
the risk analysis with confidential
business information removed), contact
Dr. Patricia L. Foley, Risk Manager,
Center for Veterinary Biologics, Policy,
Evaluation, and Licensing, VS, APHIS,
1920 Dayton Avenue, Ames, IA 50010;
phone (515) 337-6100, fax (515) 3377397.
Under the
Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (21 U.S.C. 151
et seq.), a veterinary biological product
must be shown to be pure, safe, potent,
and efficacious before a veterinary
biological product license may be
issued. A field test is generally
necessary to satisfy prelicensing
requirements for veterinary biological
products. Prior to conducting a field test
on an unlicensed product, an applicant
must obtain approval from the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), as well as obtain APHIS’
authorization to ship the product for
field testing.
To determine whether to authorize
shipment and grant approval for the
field testing of the unlicensed product
referenced in this notice, APHIS
conducted a risk analysis to assess the
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potential effects of this product on the
safety of animals, public health, and the
environment. Based on the risk analysis,
APHIS has prepared an environmental
assessment (EA) concerning the field
testing of the following unlicensed
veterinary biological product:
Requester: Per-Os USA Inc. under
contract with GenVec, Inc.
Product: Foot-and-mouth disease
vaccine, live adenovirus vector.
Field Test Locations: Nebraska,
Missouri, and Michigan.
The above-mentioned product
consists of a live recombinant
adenovirus vector expressing certain
foot-and-mouth disease virus proteins.
The vaccine is for use in cattle at 12
weeks of age or older, as an aid in the
prevention of clinical signs of disease
caused by foot-and-mouth disease virus.
The EA has been prepared in
accordance with: (1) The National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.), (2) regulations of the Council on
Environmental Quality for
implementing the procedural provision
of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), (3)
USDA regulations implementing NEPA
(7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA
Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part
372).
Unless substantial issues with adverse
environmental impacts are raised in
response to this notice, APHIS intends
to issue a finding of no significant
impact (FONSI) based on the EA and
authorize shipment of the above product
for the initiation of field tests following
the close of the comment period for this
notice.
Because the issues raised by field
testing and by issuance of a license are
identical, APHIS has concluded that the
EA that is generated for field testing
would also be applicable to the
proposed licensing action. Provided that
the field test data support the
conclusions of the original EA and the
issuance of a FONSI, APHIS does not
intend to issue a separate EA and FONSI
to support the issuance of the product
license, and would determine that an
environmental impact statement need
not be prepared. APHIS intends to issue
a veterinary biological product license
for this vaccine following completion of
the field test provided no adverse
impacts on the human environment are
identified and provided the product
meets all other requirements for
licensing.
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 151-159.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 1st day
of September 2010.
Gregory L. Parham
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS–NOP–10–0066; NOP–10–07]
Notice of 2010 National Organic
Certification Cost-Share Program
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Funds Availability.
Inviting Applications for the National
Organic Certification Cost-Share
Program.
AGENCY:
This Notice invites all States
of the United States of America, its
territories, the District of Columbia, and
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
(collectively hereinafter called States) to
submit an Application for Federal
Assistance (Standard Form 424), and to
enter into a cooperative agreement with
the Agricultural Marketing Service
(AMS) for the allocation of National
Organic Certification Cost-Share Funds.
The AMS has allocated $22.0 million for
this organic certification cost-share
program commencing in Fiscal Year
2008, and these funds will be annually
allocated to States through cooperative
agreements until exhausted. Funds are
available under this program to States
interested in providing cost-share
assistance to organic producers and
handlers certified under the National
Organic Program (NOP). States
interested in obtaining cost-share funds
must submit an Application for Federal
Assistance and enter into a cooperative
agreement with AMS for allocation of
funds.
DATES: Completed applications for
Federal assistance along with signed
cooperative agreements must be
received by September 24, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Applications for Federal
assistance and cooperative agreements
shall be submitted to: Betsy Rakola,
Grants Management Specialist, National
Organic Program, USDA/AMS/NOP,
Room 2640-South, Ag Stop 0268, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0268;
Telephone: (202) 720–3252. Additional
information can be found under
‘‘Organic Cost Share Program’’ on the
National Organic Program’s homepage
at https://www.ams.usda.gov/nop.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Betsy Rakola, Grants Management
Specialist, National Organic Program,
USDA/AMS/NOP, Room 2646-South,
Ag Stop 0268, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–
0268; Telephone: (202) 720–3252.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
National Organic Certification CostShare Program is authorized under 7
U.S.C. 6523, as amended by section
10301 of the Food, Conservation and
Energy Act of 2008 (Act). The Act
authorizes the Department to provide
certification cost-share assistance to
producers and handlers of organic
agricultural products in all States.
Beginning in Fiscal Year 2008, the AMS
has allocated $22 million for this
program to be distributed through
cooperative agreements to interested
States, until such funding has been
exhausted. The Program provides
financial assistance to organic producers
and handlers certified to the NOP. The
NOP is authorized under the Organic
Foods Production Act of 1990, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.).
To participate in the program,
interested States, through their State
Department of Agriculture, must
complete an Application for Federal
Assistance (Standard Form 424) and
enter into a written cooperative
agreement with AMS. State Department
of Agriculture refers to agencies,
commissions, or departments of State
government responsible for
implementing regulation, policy or
programs on agriculture within their
State. The program will provide costshare assistance, through participating
States, to organic producers and
handlers receiving certification or
continuation of certification by a USDA
accredited certifying agent commencing
October 1, 2010, through September 30,
2011. Under the Act, cost-share
assistance payments are limited to 75
percent of an individual producer’s or
handler’s certification costs up to a
maximum of $750.00 per year.
To receive cost-share assistance,
organic producers and handlers must
submit an application to the
representative Agency of the State in
which their farm/operation is located.
This application must include: (1) Proof
of NOP certification issued or continued
within the cost-share qualifying period,
October 1, 2010, through September 30,
2011, and; (2) an itemized invoice
demonstrating costs incurred for NOP
certification. Costs incurred for noncertification activities, such as,
membership associations or farm/
operation inputs are not eligible for
assistance through this program.
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However, for producers in the states
of Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and
Wyoming cost-share funding is available
to these states, through their State
Department of Agriculture, under the
Agricultural Management Assistance
(AMA) Organic Certification Cost-Share
Program authorized under Section 1524
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 1501–1524). As
provided in a notice of Funds
Availability published in the Federal
Register completed applications for the
AMA Federal assistance program, along
with signed cooperative agreements
must be received by close of business,
September 24, 2010. Information on the
AMA program can be found under
‘‘Organic Cost Share Program’’ on the
NOP’s homepage at https://
www.ams.usda.gov/nop.
How to Submit Applications: To
receive fund allocations to provide costshare assistance, a State Department of
Agriculture must complete an
Application for Federal Assistance
(Standard Form 424), and enter into a
written cooperative agreement with
AMS. AMS encourages interested States
to submit the Application for Federal
Assistance (Standard Form 424),
electronically via Grants.gov, the
Federal grants Web site, https://
www.grants.gov. Applications submitted
electronically via Grants.gov must be
filed by September 24, 2010. A
hardcopy of Standard Form 424 bearing
an original signature is not required
when applying through https://
www.grants.gov. However, the
cooperative agreement must have the
original signature of the official who has
authority to apply for Federal
assistance. The signed cooperative
agreement must be sent by express mail
or courier service and received at the
above address by September 24, 2010.
States considering submitting electronic
application forms should become
familiar with the Grants.gov Web site
and begin the application process well
in advance of the application deadline.
For information on how to apply
electronically, please consult https://
www.grants.gov/GetRegistered.
State Agencies submitting hard copy
applications should submit a signed
copy of Standard Form 424 and a signed
copy of the cooperative agreement the
application package to AMS at the
address listed above. The Standard
Form 424 and the cooperative
agreement must have the original
signature of the official who has
authority to apply for Federal
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assistance. Hard copy applications
should be sent only via express mail or
courier service and must be received at
the above address by September 24,
2010.
The National Organic Certification
Cost-share Program is listed in the
‘‘Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance’’ under number 10.163 and
subject agencies must adhere to Title VI
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which
bars discrimination in all Federallyassisted programs. Additional
information on the National Organic
Certification Cost-share Program can be
found under ‘‘Organic Cost Share
Program’’ on the NOP’s homepage at
https://www.ams.usda.gov/nop.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6523.
Dated: September 1, 2010.
Rayne Pegg,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
[FR Doc. 2010–22243 Filed 9–7–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS–NOP–10–0065; NOP–10–06]
Notice of Agricultural Management
Assistance Organic Certification
Cost-Share Program
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Funds Availability.
Inviting Applications for the
Agricultural Management Assistance
Organic Certification Cost-Share
Program.
AGENCY:
This Notice invites the
following eligible States: Connecticut,
Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah,
Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming,
to submit an Application for Federal
Assistance (Standard Form 424), and to
enter into a Cooperative Agreement with
the Agricultural Marketing Service
(AMS) for the Allocation of Organic
Certification Cost-Share Funds. The
AMS has allocated $1.495 million for
this organic certification cost-share
program in Fiscal Year 2010. Funds are
available under this program to 16
designated States to provide cost-share
assistance to organic crop and livestock
producers certified under the National
Organic Program (NOP). Eligible States
interested in obtaining cost-share funds
for their organic producers will have to
submit an Application for Federal
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS-NOP-10-0066; NOP-10-07]
Notice of 2010 National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Funds Availability. Inviting Applications for the
National Organic Certification Cost-Share Program.
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SUMMARY: This Notice invites all States of the United States of
America, its territories, the District of Columbia, and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, (collectively hereinafter called States)
to submit an Application for Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424),
and to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS) for the allocation of National Organic
Certification Cost-Share Funds. The AMS has allocated $22.0 million for
this organic certification cost-share program commencing in Fiscal Year
2008, and these funds will be annually allocated to States through
cooperative agreements until exhausted. Funds are available under this
program to States interested in providing cost-share assistance to
organic producers and handlers certified under the National Organic
Program (NOP). States interested in obtaining cost-share funds must
submit an Application for Federal Assistance and enter into a
cooperative agreement with AMS for allocation of funds.
DATES: Completed applications for Federal assistance along with signed
cooperative agreements must be received by September 24, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Applications for Federal assistance and cooperative
agreements shall be submitted to: Betsy Rakola, Grants Management
Specialist, National Organic Program, USDA/AMS/NOP, Room 2640-South, Ag
Stop 0268, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0268;
Telephone: (202) 720-3252. Additional information can be found under
``Organic Cost Share Program'' on the National Organic Program's
homepage at https://www.ams.usda.gov/nop.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Betsy Rakola, Grants Management
Specialist, National Organic Program, USDA/AMS/NOP, Room 2646-South, Ag
Stop 0268, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0268;
Telephone: (202) 720-3252.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This National Organic Certification Cost-
Share Program is authorized under 7 U.S.C. 6523, as amended by section
10301 of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (Act). The Act
authorizes the Department to provide certification cost-share
assistance to producers and handlers of organic agricultural products
in all States. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2008, the AMS has allocated $22
million for this program to be distributed through cooperative
agreements to interested States, until such funding has been exhausted.
The Program provides financial assistance to organic producers and
handlers certified to the NOP. The NOP is authorized under the Organic
Foods Production Act of 1990, as amended (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.).
To participate in the program, interested States, through their
State Department of Agriculture, must complete an Application for
Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424) and enter into a written
cooperative agreement with AMS. State Department of Agriculture refers
to agencies, commissions, or departments of State government
responsible for implementing regulation, policy or programs on
agriculture within their State. The program will provide cost-share
assistance, through participating States, to organic producers and
handlers receiving certification or continuation of certification by a
USDA accredited certifying agent commencing October 1, 2010, through
September 30, 2011. Under the Act, cost-share assistance payments are
limited to 75 percent of an individual producer's or handler's
certification costs up to a maximum of $750.00 per year.
To receive cost-share assistance, organic producers and handlers
must submit an application to the representative Agency of the State in
which their farm/operation is located. This application must include:
(1) Proof of NOP certification issued or continued within the cost-
share qualifying period, October 1, 2010, through September 30, 2011,
and; (2) an itemized invoice demonstrating costs incurred for NOP
certification. Costs incurred for non-certification activities, such
as, membership associations or farm/operation inputs are not eligible
for assistance through this program.
However, for producers in the states of Connecticut, Delaware,
Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, West
Virginia, and Wyoming cost-share funding is available to these states,
through their State Department of Agriculture, under the Agricultural
Management Assistance (AMA) Organic Certification Cost-Share Program
authorized under Section 1524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 1501-1524). As provided in a notice of Funds
Availability published in the Federal Register completed applications
for the AMA Federal assistance program, along with signed cooperative
agreements must be received by close of business, September 24, 2010.
Information on the AMA program can be found under ``Organic Cost Share
Program'' on the NOP's homepage at https://www.ams.usda.gov/nop.
How to Submit Applications: To receive fund allocations to provide
cost-share assistance, a State Department of Agriculture must complete
an Application for Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424), and enter
into a written cooperative agreement with AMS. AMS encourages
interested States to submit the Application for Federal Assistance
(Standard Form 424), electronically via Grants.gov, the Federal grants
Web site, https://www.grants.gov. Applications submitted electronically
via Grants.gov must be filed by September 24, 2010. A hardcopy of
Standard Form 424 bearing an original signature is not required when
applying through https://www.grants.gov. However, the cooperative
agreement must have the original signature of the official who has
authority to apply for Federal assistance. The signed cooperative
agreement must be sent by express mail or courier service and received
at the above address by September 24, 2010. States considering
submitting electronic application forms should become familiar with the
Grants.gov Web site and begin the application process well in advance
of the application deadline. For information on how to apply
electronically, please consult https://www.grants.gov/GetRegistered.
State Agencies submitting hard copy applications should submit a
signed copy of Standard Form 424 and a signed copy of the cooperative
agreement the application package to AMS at the address listed above.
The Standard Form 424 and the cooperative agreement must have the
original signature of the official who has authority to apply for
Federal assistance. Hard copy applications should be sent only via
express mail or courier service and must be received at the above
address by September 24, 2010.
The National Organic Certification Cost-share Program is listed in
the ``Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance'' under number 10.163 and
subject agencies must adhere to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, which bars discrimination in all Federally-assisted programs.
Additional information on the National Organic Certification Cost-share
Program can be found under ``Organic Cost Share Program'' on the NOP's
homepage at https://www.ams.usda.gov/nop.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6523.
Dated: September 1, 2010.
Rayne Pegg,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-22243 Filed 9-7-10; 8:45 am]
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